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We outline 21 ways to change how we consume, keep and discard things to help build a circular economy. Across all aspects of life from food to travel.

We don’t have time for a one-by-one approach: digital tools can accelerate the much needed circular transition.

The Potential of Bamboo and Mass Timber for the Construction Industry: A Conversation With Pablo Van Der Lugt, architect, author and speaker.

Roundtable: What will the buildings of 2030 look like? Source:&nbsp © Covestro Deutschland AG Will they be on floating platforms? Will they be constructed by robots? At last month’s Envisioning the Future of Buildings workshop, participants shared their thoughts on Covestro’s latest research Will buildings in 2030 be designed for flying cars? Will robots construct our homes? Will we be living on floating platforms? These were some of the questions considered by architects who took part in ...

Embracing technology as a service will fuel the circular economy. Here’s how With Earth Day coming up on Thursday (22 April), and President Biden poised to host a Leaders’ Climate Summit on the same day, I lean towards optimism. The flag has been planted. In her 2020 State of the Union speech, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen proposed an increase in the EU’s 2030 emissions reduction target from 40% to 55%. It is a target that is necessary if the EU is to meet its Paris A...

(1) VIENNA, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In an English/French Online Press Conference on 14 April 2021, 3:00 PM CET, journalists will hear about why more education about the circular economy is necessary for business leaders, policymakers, and citizens. Experts from Cameroon, the Netherlands, USA and Germany will brief journalists on the emerging paradigm that provides many various opportunities while also requiring different priorities in different parts of the world. The predominant linear t...

Only 14% of publicly listed companies in the steel, cement, aluminum, paper and mining sector are on track to meet the Paris Agreement’s 2°C climate target, according to a report by the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), a global investor group supported by the UN. Still, some European companies offer hope, EURACTIV Germany reports. Industrial decarbonisation is probably the biggest challenge of the European Green Deal, which aims to reduce Europe’s emissions down to net-zero by 2050. In...

Switching to a circular economy could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 39% and ease pressure on virgin materials by 28%, according to the Circularity Gap Report, published on Tuesday (26 January). If those principles were applied, 22.8 billion tonnes of carbon emissions could be saved and help avoid climate breakdown, according to the study by Circle Economy. But the report also contained bad news. Only 8.6% of the world’s economy can be considered circular, down from 9.1% two years earlier...

Circular economy can slash global emissions by 39%, says major new report A major new report, released to coincide with the original dates for the World Economic Forums event in Davos, has found that 39% of global annual emissions could be mitigated by changing the ways in which we use natural raw materials. Circle Economy has repeatedly stated that the majority of global annual emissions are released during the extraction of materials and manufacturing of goods Produced annually by think-tank ...